The situation in the Middle East is at an all-time high, but no matter how the situation goes, the United States has suffered a big defeat in the Middle East. There is no doubt that the situation in the Middle East is very delicate today, and arguably at its most tense. Although Iran's retaliation has not been carried out, Iran has always stressed that retaliation must be carried out. In the face of tensions, Israel was forced to make a strategic retrenchment and withdraw most of its troops from southern Gaza. The situation is unprecedentedly tense, and a major conflict could erupt at any time. More importantly, the situation is at risk of spiraling out of control at any time. The whole world is very worried about this situation, and there are more and more voices calling for restraint and rational solutions.
There is still a lot of uncertainty about the direction of the situation in the Middle East, but no matter where the situation ultimately goes, it is inevitable that the United States will suffer a major defeat in the Middle East. At the heart of the chaos in the Middle East is the failure of the United States to balance the situation, and the United States itself is most responsible. The era of effective US control of the Middle East is over, and now the US strength is no longer able to effectively control the Middle East, and this is the biggest strategic failure of the United States. There are many reasons why Israel has been forced to withdraw its troops from southern Gaza, but the most fundamental is the great rout of the United States Middle East policy and Middle East strategy. The United States is a capital-controlled country, and all actions are for the sake of interests, and the current chaos in the Middle East is the result of the failure of the United States to profit from the Middle East.
The United States has been trying to get rid of its responsibilities, but Iran has always insisted on the United States, and this pull has made the world see the United States more clearly. Judging from the current situation, since the attack on the Iranian embassy, the United States has been trying its best to get rid of responsibility. The United States publicly stressed at the first time that the Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy was that the United States had no prior knowledge of the Israeli attack and that the United States did not play any role in the attack. The fundamental purpose of the United States in such a hurry to get rid of its responsibilities is that it is afraid of being involved and afraid of retaliation by Iran. Since then, in the face of doubts from the outside world and Iran, the United States has repeatedly reiterated that it had nothing to do with the attack.
Over the past week or so, Iran has repeatedly stressed that the United States is responsible for the attack. Iranian President and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have repeatedly stressed that the United States bears unshirkable responsibility for Israel's attack on the Iranian embassy. It is clear that there is a tug between Iran and the United States. Iran has always wanted to hold the United States accountable, but the United States is unwilling to put any pressure on Israel. In this repeated tugging, the world has also realized that the United States will definitely abandon its allies at a critical moment. Even for a very core ally like Israel, the United States does not hesitate to distance itself from relations at a critical moment, let alone other allies.
Iran's foreign minister spoke out, once again insisting on the United States, warning that the United States should be held responsible. Iranian Foreign Minister Abdollahian said in Damascus, the capital of Syria, on 8 August that the United States bears responsibility for Israel's attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria. Abdollahian pointed out that Israel's attack on the Iranian embassy must have informed the United States that Israel was using "American warplanes and missiles." Iran's foreign minister stressed that the United States should be held responsible for the terrorist attack, as it gave the green light for this crime and the United States must bear the corresponding responsibility. Iran has not made it clear how the United States will be held accountable, but as it stands, attacking American targets is an option.
The United States is very afraid of being attacked by the United States, and has repeatedly called on Iran not to attack American targets three times in a row. The United States, which is not afraid of heaven and earth, is very afraid of an attack from Iran this time. In the immediate aftermath of the attack on the Iranian embassy, the United States for the first time publicly called on Iran not to attack US military targets because the United States had nothing to do with the attack. When Iran made it clear that it wanted to retaliate against Israel, the United States called Iran a second time, asking Iran not to attack American targets. After Iran's foreign minister made it clear that the United States was responsible, the United States called out Iran for the third time and asked Iran not to attack American targets.
U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said on the 8th that "we have made it clear to the Iranian government not to use this incident as a pretext to attack the U.S. military or U.S. facilities in the Middle East." We will continue to tell Iran not to take any action to escalate the situation. "Three consecutive shouts about Iran show that the United States is very afraid that Iran will really hit American targets. In the past, the United States was not afraid of Iranian attacks because of the overwhelming pressure on Iran and exerted tremendous pressure on Iran, so why is it so afraid of Iran attacking US targets now? There are obviously deep-seated reasons behind this fear.
What exactly is the United States afraid of? The deep-seated predicament makes the United States very uncomfortable. The United States is afraid of an Iranian attack, and what it fears most is escalation. The strength of the United States obviously does not allow the escalation of the crisis in the Middle East, because once the situation in the Middle East gets out of control, the United States will not be able to control the situation at all. What the United States is really afraid of is that the United States is forced into the quagmire of war. The United States experienced the debacle of the two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and was overdrawn in both defeats. The United States is well aware of its current situation and its current strength, and once it falls into the quagmire again, the United States may completely lose its hegemony.
The United States is afraid that the war in the Middle East will lead to a collapse of the overall US strategy, and this is what the United States is most worried about. Once the war in the Middle East escalates in an all-round way, the United States may suffer a rout in the direction of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and the United States will also have a complete failure in the Indo-Pacific layout. The United States is even more worried that the weakened United States may have a collapse crisis under the consumption of the Middle East quagmire. The U.S. debt crisis is like a sword over the head that could fall at any time, and once there is a major crisis stimulus, then this kind of crash-like crisis will be inevitable. The crisis in the Middle East will trigger the U.S. debt crisis, which will lead to a dollar crisis and a complete collapse of the U.S.-led global financial order, which is what the United States fears most.
The United States was afraid, but Iran was calm and offered the United States a condition to renounce retaliation. The Iranian embassy was bombed, and it was Iran that was angry, but Iran behaved calmly this time. Against the backdrop of tensions between the United States and Israel, Iran has remained calm. Iran has been shouting for retaliation, but it has never carried out corresponding retaliation, which is to keep the United States and Israel in a state of tension.
At the most tense moment between the United States and Israel, Iran made a condition to renounce retaliation. Israel's "Jerusalem Post" quoted Iranian Arabic-language news media Jadeh Iran as reporting on the 8th that Iran has informed the United States that if the United States ensures a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, Iran will not respond to Israeli air strikes on the consular building of the Iranian Embassy in Syria. Iran's conditions are not harsh, but such conditions are difficult for both the United States and Israel, and this is where Iran excels. Of course, Iran is also doing this to find a way for itself not to retaliate.